The Biggest Glow Ups in Fire Emblem EVER!

[@lolmetaknight]

Echoes is the goat when it's about character artworks

[@tessenjutsu97]

FACTS

[@ma.2099]

Maps stayed too true to the OG, but everything about echoes was top tier. Game play was fine, but just map design. Only thing that most players probably have a problem with.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Echoes and Path of Radiance have the best character designs imo

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

God bless Hidari

[@BaaBlyDragon]

I wish they'd go back to this style for the new games. Hand drawn portraits then 3d models.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

The reason Awakening Celica looks like Pyra...is because she was illustrated by Pyra's artist, Masatsugu Saito

[@justnoob8141]

so you're saying that she did, indeed, cosplay as Pyra?

[@RuneBluePanda]

Celica will forever be my favorite character simply because she has the prettiest redesign in the series imo. The gold in the white outfit with the bits of red bouncing about just looks stunning.

[@komi-samabeliever7319]

Alm to me are without a doubt the best redesign a Fire Emblem character ever have. From "wtf, look at this dude😂" to "at your service my lord", the man truly looks like a future king! And his overclass just screams badass imo.

[@Blitz_Spencer]

the overclasses in general were so fucken cool, it turned characters that were once seen as a ragtag band of teens and young adults fighting oppressors to veritable _demigods_ that would become historical legends, the absurd power of the classes lwk works toward the vibe lol also Alm w a bow is super sick to play as in Echoes, he can actually just delete a map with some of the crazy shit some of the late-game bows provide

[@opalyasu7159]

Bro how did you forget Nuibaba's redesign? She's possibly the only character who literally changes genders in between games

[@fedechan6325]

Happy for her transition

[@dougdoug2469]

5:10 Camus didn't want anyone to know he was back in town. Guess he had some Sirius business to take care of

[@justnoob8141]

I imagine him borrow Conrad mask as per Red Comet advice

[@myguy4203]

I think the Awakening Einherjar art portraits are based on generic outfits of the class they appear as when you get them (most obvious are Bride Eirika, Marth wearing Lucina’s Lord class outfit etc). So that could factor a little into why stuff like Palla, Celica and Micaiah’s designs look weird or unfitting. That said I really like some of them like Hero Roy, Dread Fighter Alm, Trickster Leif and Grandmaster Katarina

[@Justic_]

yup, that's exactly what happened to the DLC-reward Einherjars in Awakening. They got put into their new base-class' oufits. The Whitewings all got put into the Awakening Falcon Knight outfit iirc (or was Catria a Dark Flier?), Celica became a Sage (although the short pants and bare torso under the middle cloth were definitely a creative choice made by the chosen illustrator Masatsugu Saito who generally has a more bright futuristic style), meanwhile they made Micaiah a Dark Mage, may that just be because Nosferatu was Light Magic in RD or because they wanted to represent her being not just a regular mage with the only other option Awakening had or because of her taking a somewhat more antagonistic role for parts of RD (although rather than the choice of outfit I generally see more people dislike either her pose or the way her eyes were drawn, which... the eyes are mainly artstyle and in terms of the pose I'd say she held back, unapologetic pervert(affectionately) she may be). Roys Einherjar-outfit is him as a Mercenary btw, Ike was the one wearing the Hero-outfit. Also interestingly enough, pretty sure the only DLC-Einherjar aside from the Whitewings (and Elincia) that share the same base-class are Seliph and Lyn, both as Swordmasters, which was definitely a... unique choice for Seliph, I can see how they got there but it's a bit weird when either Myrmidon or Paladin were available.

[@5h3nn0ng]

Another thing to note is that New Mystery Marth’s artist, Daisuke Izuka gave Marth an earring in more recent versions of his designs Also in context to the Awakening resdesigns, they were heavily restricted to resemble the classes they were given. Thats why Awakening Leif looks like a Jester as he had the trickster class

[@Jeff_denHartog]

Okay, this might sound kinda silly, but the art style in Echoes feels so cozy, you know? It’s like being warmed up by a fireplace on a cold autumn day... I dunno how else to explain it 😅😅😅 Great video btw..

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

When I was first seeing stuff from the game back in 2018 I thought the artstle resembled a history book, I love it to this day

[@rucksack_kh]

It's almost like the avant garde classical style I expect from Castlevania and it looks amazing

[@some_guy117]

5:14 but thats not camus, thats sirius, also that pose is dope, it says no fucks given

[@jokx4409]

why does it look like the morbius sweep pose?

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

No memories given*

[@audreyschicksalholmwiltz3872]

I really like the art style of Thracia 776, a lot of improvement from the character portraits in FE4 with a much cleaner, neater design. One example is Seliph and Ced who get an extraordinary glow up and look cooler and more handsome in Thracia than in Genealogy due to the difference in artstyle. Nanna, Mareeta, Eyvel, Altina, Linoan, Julius, Reinhardt, and Ishtar all equally have good portraits in Thracia too!

[@EthanKironus8067]

The first thing that hit me when I tried Thracia was Raydrik's portrait. I don't know why, but it's just perfect. I hate the guy, but his portrait is honestly my favourite in the game, something about the colours and textures maybe?

[@mothman566]

My favorite Minerva design is the one she gets in awakening, great black outfit, nice scaly black skin, and also a surprisingly nice relationship with cherche.

[@tessygrondin1271]

You got me in the first half, not gonna lie

[@sarouschileuana1158]

In terms of Mercedes, the loss of her floofy hair post time skip was devastating, but I grew to like the hat and the modest, mature and more practical hair. The heroes Mercedes not only lost the floofy hair but the loss of one of the biggest defining physical features wasn't rebalanced. She still looks fine, but just not as good as pre timeskip.

[@Roshuwah]

Echoes really did knock it out of the park! I think that's probably my favorite art style. Either them or Telius!

[@uncrstbl]

New Mystery is absolutely Marth's best design. His body proportions are just right, his tunic drapes longer than other Marths and the collar is popped... And the shades of the colors used are my favorite of all the Marth designs. Those extra details just do it for me. Kozaki's Marth is a close second.

[@renren5660]

Compared it to shadow dragon yeah...

[@MikeXeno365]

Echoes glow up was so good it still has the best art style in the franchise

[@Ssbb7777brawler]

Echoes has spoiled us with it’s art so much that in heroes many were shocked about seeing mila.

[@ChaolaoFueChi]

Yeah, Mila's artwork was so detailed and wide.

[@usvidragonslayer3091]

Very nice! Alm & Celica's glow up in Echoes from thier Gaiden looks are amazing.

[@SKßœñ2.8]

2:36 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 nah you did Marth dirty

[@hectorgregorio95]

Echoes character design is insanely good

[@AlbertAdamsLincoln]

Because Awakening 's Celica is exactly designed by Pyra's designer, and Awakening definitely came out before Xenoblade 2 ,so you could say Pyra resemble Celica Lmao.

[@DonaldDuck97.]

Jeez Echoes saved lots of characters designs. XD They look so goofy in Gaiden, specially Celica in Awakening. A friend of mine called her a "loli" for that. Lmao

[@CasualFehPlayer-rf6sl]

Hidari is the GOAT such a talented artist he also did the art for Brave Alm and Celica for CYL in FEH which is his more modern redesign of their original outfits from Gaiden as well as fallen Byleth too. 11:21 in the words of Bismix: “Th-th-There’s no floof they removed the floof”😅😂

[@theredcomet844]

5:01 Oh come on man. He's just being a Char Clone. Let him be among the legends.

[@EthanKironus8067]

5:04 - CHAR AZNABLE ALERT!

[@ShupMup]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one

[@blueberrymagick]

Camus being inspired by Char would be so goated ngl

[@EthanKironus8067]

@@blueberrymagick I don't think it's as direct, but the look of 'Sirius' definitely calls the similarities to mind.

[@raphafromyoutube]

@@EthanKironus8067it’s so direct. he’s wearing a mask, and has the same colors down to his hair. i think they also wanted to make conrad in gaiden char-coded. or more likely celica sayla-coded.

[@dracotias]

Honorary shoutout to the Three Hopes Ashen Wolves. Their Three Houses timeskip designs were already great but Gremory based Constance (because no Dark Flier in the game) has zero right being so perfect. Oh also Metal Gear Solid Balthus.

[@fz_dracohart1255]

3 Hopes really got the audacity to make the great Constance look even more fabulous (and more hilarious contrast in her depressed state) Coco and Hapi Hopes redesign ftw

[@poisontango]

Such an underrated game.

[@whitewolf3051]

*Maybe* the original Luthier design was supposed to be Delthea's and someone got them mixed up when doing the artwork. Or *maybe* Luthier was originally a woman named Luthia, but was changed to a man named Luthier, but someone forgot to change the artwork.

[@josephtessier9209]

Celica's Echoes redesign actually debuted in Warriors. Echoes was in development at the time and Celica was added to promote Echoes.

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

Looking at the Three Houses timeskip designs, Lorenz and Caspar's older looks are _so_ much better to look at, and though Lorenz's hairstyle is still goofy, at least it's not what he had in the Academy. Leonie as well just looks fantastic with the longer hair, and while I miss Petra's pontytail, the outfit is just such a massive upgrade. Hubert gets a bit of a smug mischievous look to him that I always loved, but there's absolutely _no_ topping Dimitri's transition from a standard-looking FE Lord, to someone I didn't even know was Dimitri the first time I saw him.

[@darkjaden-fe]

CAMUS'S MYSTERY OF THE EMBLEM ARTWORK I'M CRYING HE LOOKS LIKE JOKER PERSONA 5 ONLY SOMEHOW GAYER (affectionate)

[@stilltoonormal8985]

Not going to lie I love fire emblem echoes shadows of valentia art style it's definitely different from what we've got now but honestly I wouldn't mind that type of art styles if they were to do another remake like let's say genealogy the holy war for example

[@tahamohammad8842]

4:58 it’s pronounced Ca-moo if you’re curious, as in say Albert Camus(the french philosopher who wrote philosophical essays like “the myth of sisyphus” on nihilism).

[@luthierisbestboy8177]

7:06 Still as beautiful and handsome as he is in SoV! ❤ (Btw, this is actually NOT a joke. I'm dead serious.)

[@estrum1647]

Vinland glow up is just perfection 😊

[@LuvNight]

GOATs back at it again

[@zerikane]

Last bit at the end, Mercedes had her hair color changed from brown to blond. Its possibly a minor change but significant depending on character's personalities. The hair color either signifies ethnicity or simply character archetypes. Blonds being more extroverted and Blue haired people being more reserved. Possibly outdated for sure. Yet, FE3H had that in mind with Lysithea and Edelgard. Rare opinion but I like the hat. Understandable for not enjoying the hat since it does look too generic for a playable character. I think it connects to her occupation with being a merchant post-time skip. Also, Koei always is amazing with revamps and designs for their own characters and their guest characters.

[@isaac3078]

Honestly I'd love a game where Marth shows his second sword every now and then 🫣

[@TheGamersState]

If we ever get Roy's game remade I hope to Mother Mila we get his awakening design as a promoted outfit. Or if not that make it an alternate outfit, it looks too good to ignore. As for Mercedes, personally I love her Fire Emblem Three Houses Time-Skip design but I cannot deny her Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes design is peak.

[@Justic_]

I don't think it'd fit Roy as a promoted outfit, considering it's basically just the Awakening Mercenary-outfit, it'd be a literal downgrade for him, but it'd still be pretty cool if, should they add a base-camp like the Somniel in a remake, he had a casual outfit inspired by this.

[@LesbianCacodemon]

Honestly Marth's original design is my favorite of all of his designs

[@some_guy117]

7:25 considering character design, motivation and personality, maybe luthier was trying to appeal mire feminine to the Duma Cult so they’d avoid his sister but it backfired

[@secrated]

Alm got the best sprite animation

[@takatatsura]

I think that Navarre's nickname as the Scarlet Sword originally was more related to the fact that he was a strong swordsman, manking his sword red (thus scarlet) with blood

[@xVibra]

I really like Celica's original design, but in her CYL artwork. She looks like much more of a scrapper, like she's starting out her journey to becoming who we know her as now. The transition as a child to where she is in the main game is very stark in Echoes, and her CYL artwork kinda gives you the middle ground. Sure she's a priestess, but if she's learning swordplay then she's likely not wearing any delicate fabric that a priestess would wear.

[@LunarBoo]

you forgot about Rebecca's amazing Heroes redesign

[@fireembliam9090]

Eliwood and Athena got those big ol eyes.

[@raphafromyoutube]

5:12 ik it’s 100% intentional but he looks like char mobile suit gundam/quattro bajeena mobile suit zeta gundsm

[@that_dude_over_there]

Say what you want about the engage art style (I dislike it as well) but Sigurd looks sooo good in it

[@GanRPG]

I feel like I'm the only one who likes the Awakening einherjar redesigns; my favorites being Seliph, Lyn, and Katarina. The only ones I thought were really bad were Ike, Est, and Micaiah

[@ransim4025]

echoes redesigns look so good!!

[@DonleyDoesIt]

Developers had to be watching Gundam when they made that Gaiden version of Camus(I know that spelling is probably wrong) mfer looks like a Char clone if I've ever seen one 🤣🤌🏻

[@Cimmantti]

If they count as "glow ups," I would talk about some characters going from Path of Radiance to Radiant Dawn! Like Tormod! lol

[@darkjaden-fe]

I LOVE Emblem Sigurd's design. FE4 Sigurd is like, fine, but they really saw they were gonna put Sigurd in Engage and went "we're gonna give the gays everything they want" this man is HOT now um....no pun intended.

[@TalesDelma]

1:05 i guess they took some inspiration from romans/gladiators, thats the first that comes to mind when i see it :D 5:04 huh some people in the dev team where gundam fans it seems I think a LOT of 3Hopes designes are so much better then the 3houses ones. I didnt like edelgard that much with the hornet crown, so i love her 3hopes version a lot more

[@Alector12]

I am to 99 % sure that our man Shouzuo Kaga himself was the one who was a big fan of Gundam, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes and more, with FE 3, and especially the Jugdral games, showing many similarities to their characters and their designs to those kind of animes, just sans the sci fi. Most of these influences disappeared together with Kaga come FE 6.

[@LittleAl016]

4:57 It's "Ka-moo".

[@juicyjuustar121]

I know I'm probably in the minority here, but I actually think a lot of the older designs still have merit, and are at least equal to the modern ones. Don't get me wrong, there are some truly awful designs in the older games, but some of them are really good, and hell, some of the old designs I actually PREFER to the new ones. In particular, I know SoV slander is heresy, but I actually like Palla's FE3 design the most, and frankly I think Draug's FE1 design has way more personality than his newer look. I also prefer Celica's old outfit, though her new face and hairstyle is a welcome change (I just think her SoV outfit looks kinda goofy, I don't think her FE2 outfit was GREAT but I do think its better) To be clear though, I'm not saying this as someone who's blinded by nostalgia for the games in question, I only started playing the older games very recently. I just think some of the designs work very well, even if the art style isn't as detailed as in the newer games (I don't think higher detail = better art anyway)

[@matthis6188]

Very cool video

[@GreatAether58]

Definitely agree about Mercedes. Did not like her war phase design in Three Houses. I haven't played Three Hopes, but she looks much better there. It was cool to see comparisons of all the other past and present character designs too!

[@JuanMunzerAsakura]

Camus is a french name. You pronounce it Cuh-MOO

[@jesuiscontent666]

The ceo of shitting on old designs

[@lordgong4980]

Not sure I agree with you on alot of what you said for Shadow Dragon characters

[@nathanblackburn1193]

Camus is pronounced Camoo btw

[@stephentrono]

who TF is Marf?

[@bumblebeebee31]

I love xenoblade 2 but they made some questionable decisions with the art direction on the characters... They pulled it back for 3 but Celica seems to have been a casualty in the meantime

[@ilDSttaro]

5:10 That's a cheap cosplay of Char Aznable. 😂

[@renren5660]

FE community should talk more about hot characters and less edelgard discourse

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Freaky Emblem (FE)

[@bobjones4469]

Oh Celica, my beautiful NTR queen. My only complaint is that is I wanted some NTR with her Awakening design too.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Don't ever call her that again because I've seen way too much stuff of that

[@leslie8877]

Why do some straight men have so much against female characters having short hair? The Mercedes and Ingrid "controversies" were genuinely unbearable.

[@fz_dracohart1255]

Nah I like Ingrid's short hair as it fits her personality and occupation as frontline knight (even when I have a thing for braids on female knights trope). It's maybe the hat and the short hair AND the earrings on Mercie that makes her look too cluttered and not too pleasing in the eye. I probably would've liked Mercie's wartime looks in 3 Houses more if she didn't have the dang earrings. Let my eyes focus on trying to make a pleasing image with her cute hat and short hair. That being said Hopes Mercie is just too perfect tho 100/10

[@fireembliam9090]

Most Males like Females with long hair.

[@KopperNeoman]

This sounds like the Queer element of the fanbase got mad about it and decided to project it onto the normal people so as to not look stupid.

[@starkillahx]

I'm a straight guy and loved mercedes' short hair look, I never understood why so many disliked it

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Almost sounds like rage bait

[@tolotos95]

Try to pronounce Camus French, so Camoo Edit: 11:25 Based Also Marianne went from great to great to great

[@JosephRiveraSantiago0617]

"Celica's artwork from Awakening looks like a gacha game had a child with Pyra with Xenoblade". ...uh... that artwork was done by Masatsugu Saito, who, afterwards would make several character designs from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3, like all the major playable characters of those titles. Which INCLUDES Pyra and Glimmer. Oh... and Summer Laevatein in Heroes was also drawn by him. I can take criticism, but watch what you say.

[@CruleanBlade1]

Whoa why the hostility? Also just because someone is a professional doesn't make them immune to criticism I mean look at Resplendent Lucina or Hot Springs Camilla, Great artists but poor look of the character.

[@Yameenagrill]

Lol he literally didn't say anything bad, he was actually too nice I would say. That art is objectively horrible for Celica, and the only good thing I can say is that it came out before Echoes, because if it had come out after it would be insulting to her character. Regardless of the artist, it is not at all disrespectful to criticize their art, especially if that criticism is well explained.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

What do you mean "watch what you say" lol, he said exactly what she looks like, Pyra, I don't know why you get so angry, art itself isn't that insane

[@CodyMattwes]

@@JosephRiveraSantiago0617 Welp that explains it all, she looks just as horrible as Pyra. Apparently that artist can't make a normal female character design that doesn't look like a generic oversexualized "waifu" from a gacha game.

[@aurasentai9602]

It's pronounced Kam-U Thank FEH Also, it's French so some syllables are silent consistently unlike English.

[@Exisist5151]

True, but also Cam-us sounds cooler imo.

[@raphafromyoutube]

5:12 ik it’s 100% intentional but he looks like char mobile suit gundam/quattro bajeena mobile suit zeta gundsm